HDD only gets a 7 rating of 5.9

[pcgamer]

how do i get a higher score than 5.9 on my hdd as that the only thing holding back my score from being 7.3? i heard i need a SSD to get it higher is this correct?

 

[osholt]

You can't improve your hard drive's WEI rating without buying a new better one.

An SSD would be a sure fire way of getting your system rating up but I'm sure there are some high RPM hard drives that can do that too.

To be honest though a WEI of 5.9 will sure as fire run just about any piece of software you want 2 fold.

You have to remember that this is just a number and and will not drag your system performance down too much anyway, the only noticeable difference I would see from having a better WEI scoring HDD/SSD would be boot speed and local file transfer rates.

Oli

 

[pcgamer]

You can't improve your hard drive's WEI rating without buying a new better one.

An SSD would be a sure fire way of getting your system rating up but I'm sure there are some high RPM hard drives that can do that too.

To be honest though a WEI of 5.9 will sure as fire run just about any piece of software you want 2 fold.

You have to remember that this is just a number and and will not drag your system performance down too much anyway, the only noticeable difference I would see from having a better WEI scoring HDD/SSD would be boot speed and local file transfer rates.

Oli

yeah my pc is super fast now lol just i was unhappy that it was only the hdd holding the score back

 

[seekermeister]

I have never felt that the score was very important anyway, because the score is determined by the lowest subscore.

 

[Everlong]

Highest score for HDDs is 5.9. You could possible scrape a 6.0 with RAID, but generally SSDs are needed for higher scores.

Though don't think just because your HDD scores 5.9 it's holding your computer back. My WD Caviar Black scores 5.9, and it's still performs great.

 

[Tepid]

I think almost all Sata Drives that are of good quality score a 5.9. All of mine do.
Even with a RAID 0 setup.
I have not seen any that were higher than 5.9

The WEI score would be good if they would actually use them for Games, certain software, etc.
Would make it easier for the average joe to determine if his system can handle it or not.
That was the original intent of the WEI score.

 

[Everlong]

I think almost all Sata Drives that are of good quality score a 5.9. All of mine do.
I have not seen any that were higher than 5.9

The WEI score would be good if they would actually use them for Games, certain software, etc.
Would make it easier for the average joe to determine if his system can handle it or not.
That was the original intent of the WEI score.

Yea Microsoft were all for just using a number system to determine whether or not a computer could run a game, but the system they put in doesn't exactly work well by going off the lowest score. Like Halo 2 PC uses this and you need a certain rating to be able to play it. A friend of mine tried it on his laptop, which is more than capable of playing games, but his HDD was just below what the overall score was, so obviously his laptop took this rating, and wasn't able to play it.

 

[osholt]

I think almost all Sata Drives that are of good quality score a 5.9. All of mine do.
I have not seen any that were higher than 5.9

The WEI score would be good if they would actually use them for Games, certain software, etc.
Would make it easier for the average joe to determine if his system can handle it or not.
That was the original intent of the WEI score.

Yea Microsoft were all for just using a number system to determine whether or not a computer could run a game, but the system they put in doesn't exactly work well by going off the lowest score. Like Halo 2 PC uses this and you need a certain rating to be able to play it. A friend of mine tried it on his laptop, which is more than capable of playing games, but his HDD was just below what the overall score was, so obviously his laptop took this rating, and wasn't able to play it.

Ouch!

 

[DreemWarrior]

You can't improve your hard drive's WEI rating without buying a new better one.

An SSD would be a sure fire way of getting your system rating up but I'm sure there are some high RPM hard drives that can do that too.

To be honest though a WEI of 5.9 will sure as fire run just about any piece of software you want 2 fold.

You have to remember that this is just a number and and will not drag your system performance down too much anyway, the only noticeable difference I would see from having a better WEI scoring HDD/SSD would be boot speed and local file transfer rates.

Oli

No kidding. Thats what my HDD scores, but I have no trouble running multiple higher end apps simultaneously

 

[arkhi]

Yea Microsoft were all for just using a number system to determine whether or not a computer could run a game, but the system they put in doesn't exactly work well by going off the lowest score. Like Halo 2 PC uses this and you need a certain rating to be able to play it. A friend of mine tried it on his laptop, which is more than capable of playing games, but his HDD was just below what the overall score was, so obviously his laptop took this rating, and wasn't able to play it.

No way. I played Halo 2 on a Radeon 9500 and a P4 2.23 (oldest model) system. CPU scores at 2.4, memory at 3.6, VCard at around 2-3 ish. And I managed to played it (average of 16 FPS of course, but I can handle it )

@topic
Maximum you can get for standard HDDs is 5.9, even on a raid system. You could take a look at
%systemroot%\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore\xxxx-xx-xx xx.xx.xx.xxxx Disk.Assessment (Initial).WinSAT

for a more detailed view. You'll be happy to know what your real score should have been in there.

Edit: Under <metrics><diskmetrics>

 

[Tepid]

I think almost all Sata Drives that are of good quality score a 5.9. All of mine do.
I have not seen any that were higher than 5.9

The WEI score would be good if they would actually use them for Games, certain software, etc.
Would make it easier for the average joe to determine if his system can handle it or not.
That was the original intent of the WEI score.

Yea Microsoft were all for just using a number system to determine whether or not a computer could run a game, but the system they put in doesn't exactly work well by going off the lowest score. Like Halo 2 PC uses this and you need a certain rating to be able to play it. A friend of mine tried it on his laptop, which is more than capable of playing games, but his HDD was just below what the overall score was, so obviously his laptop took this rating, and wasn't able to play it.

Yeah,, I forgot about that,, that was going to be my other point,, is that the game should never check this score at all. You should check it yourself and know your PC rating before purchasing a game, etc. But the software should not check it, so i do understand that

In other words,, if one purchases a game and it doesn't run on ones system due to lack of rating, then that is ones fault. As it is now, it would still be difficult to return the game once it has been opened.

But, enh,, new systems take time to work themselves out or fail.

 

[whs]

The WEI is only a number. But if you insist on all above 7, you must have an SSD (maybe a Raid with two 15.000 RPM disks will do it too).

 

[KazeNoKoe23]

Don't expect a mechanical hard drive to score any higher than a 5.9. My 150 GB Raptor only scores a 5.9 but since it performs great, it's not any sort of hindrance. Like others have said, a SSD would be required for anything higher, but I wouldn't worry. The Windows Experience Index score shouldn't be taken too seriously unless you're getting a REALLY low score.

 

[burgundyyears]

I have a 64GB Crucial SSD - I get a 7.3 in WEI. Best $200 I spent on this computer. Much better investment than more MHz IMO.

 

[Tepid]

Well yeah,, that's because on all modern PC's out in the last year or so are bottle necked by the Mechanical HDD.

Quite honestly, the fastest PC's out right now will never be faster than the Actual Hard Drive Read Speed.

 

[Solarstarshines]

Highest score for HDDs is 5.9. You could possible scrape a 6.0 with RAID, but generally SSDs are needed for higher scores.

Though don't think just because your HDD scores 5.9 it's holding your computer back. My WD Caviar Black scores 5.9, and it's still performs great.

I really don't think buying a new hhd has anything to do with it i just built a new system everything is brand new and adjusted to highest performance so i think it is something else shouldnt need a ssd for speed if all the cables are sata and brand new drives it should be higher then a 5.9 me myself have a complete mindblowing system but my score sucks to a 5.9 sub score all my other coponets score well above 7.6to 7.9 7.6 being the lowest

 

[whs]

if all the cables are sata and brand new drives it should be higher then a 5.9

It just will not happen - matter of physics. You need an SSD to get into the 7 range. An important factor is the access time, and that is just too slow on any HDD (about 15ms versus 0.1ms for an SSD).